At a hearing on Tuesday morning, October 17th, a judge will determine whether Sparky Rose, the executive director of New Remedies, can post bail or not. His attorneys are asking for friends, business associates,and members of the community to be present in the courtroom during
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On Tuesday, October 3rd, the Bay Area medical
marijuana
community was rocked by the news that eight Bay Area locations had been
raided by federal agents. The targets were allegedly associated with
growing, prescribing, and dispensing medical marijuana,
according to the U.S. attorney's office. Drug enforcement agents and
federal police say that they seized 12,743 plants, more than $125,000
in
cash, cars, computers, and marijuana from some five places in San
Francisco and three in Oakland, all of which were associated with New
Remedies Cooperative and Potent Employment Solutions. New Remedies was
the only surviving spinoff of Compassionate Caregivers, which has been
under investigation ever
since their LA outlet was busted in May, 2005. Sparky Rose, the
executive
director of the organizations, was one of over a dozen people who were
arrested. They were expected to be arraigned on Wednesday. A march
was
held from City Hall to the Federal Building.

Some say that New Remedies was a "victim of its own
success,"
as it had become too large
not to attract adverse attention from the feds. In spite of the news
that
so many facilities were raided, it does not appear to have been part of
a
larger sweep this week by the DEA. However, DEA agents in a white
Dodge
van were recently seen photographing a dispensary in San FRancisco.
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